How to create an NFT easily

01. Design your art

The first step to create your NFT is to choose the object you want to sell of course.

The most common and popular NFT are the digital art. NFT can also be music, videos, gifs or photos.
The most common platforms for creating digital art or digital painting are photoshop, gimp, illustrator and Krita.

02. Make sure you can use the blockchain platforms

To go from a simple design to an NFT, you will need crypto-currencies. This is called "mint". If you already possess Ether, head to step 03.

A) Buy some cryptocurrency

To mint an NFT, you can use specialized platforms. They facilitate the process but you have to pay a fee. These fees are in the form of crypto-currency. Most platforms use Ether (Ethereum crypto-currency) for transactions.

According to Ethereum.org, "Ethereum makes it possible for NFTs to work for a number of reasons: Transaction history and token metadata is publicly verifiable – it's simple to prove ownership history."

In order to buy Ether, you will need a ‘digital wallet’. Then, you can connect it to the NFT platform of your choice.

B) Create a digital wallet and add money

There are several options to get a digital wallet.

I will explain how to create a digital wallet with MetaMask.

Go to the Metamask website and download the app. If you use a computer, download the browser extension. If you use a smartphone, you can download the mobile app.

Once you have a wallet, you need to acquire digital money. For that, you could go to the Binance website.

Create your account
verify your identity
turn your dollars into Ether
send it to your Metamask wallet.

Easy.

To send Ether to your wallet, you can find your wallet address on your Metamask extension.

PS : Don't loose your password ! You may not be able to recover your account.

03. Choose an NFT platform and connect

Once you have Ether in your wallet, the real work begins.

Go to an NFT platform. Here are a few examples :

OpenSea
Rarible
Mintbase
SuperRare

Whichever platform you choose, go to the website and connect your wallet.

You will need to be already connected to your wallet. The next steps are pretty intuitive, once you clicked on "connect your wallet", choose metamask, "next" and confirm.

04. Transform your art into NFT

A) Upload your file

Let's say we choose Rarible to upload our work.

Click on "create"
Choose the option that fit your concept ("single" or "multiple")
Upload your file (PNG, GIF, WEBP, MP4, MP3 files, up to 30MB)

You will see a preview of your work as an NFT.

B) Choose how you want to sell your NFT

In the next steps of the creation form, you will set up an auction. You have several options :

‘Fixed price’ is like buying thins in the supermarket. You set a price, first come, first served.
‘Unlimited Auction’ is timeless, people make bids until you accept one.
‘Timed auction’ is time limited.

PS : when setting a price, be careful about the fees you will pay.

‘Unlock once purchased’ means "providing your buyer with a high resolution version of your art, and giving him additional material"

When you see 'Choose Collection' I advise you to keep the default settings.

C) Describe your NFT

In this step, give some meaning to your NFT. You will have to define a title and a description.

Create a universe, a purpose or a storyline. It is a way to make your NFTs more interesting and successful. Think it through. You can also use keywords in order to give your NFTs more visibility.

D) Consider your NFTs royalties

You can get royalties each time your creation is being sold.
The platform will ask you to define a percentage.
You have to think carefully. The higher the percentage, the more money you will get, but the less likely one would want to resell your art.

E) Pay fees

You are all set. you can create your item. The only condition, is to pay the fees.

Be careful about this step. You will actually have several fees to pay throughout your journey. You could have :

listing fees
generating fees
commission fees
transactions fees

If you want further advice or want to create your NFT without struggling, feel free to contact me.